Westmeath's Lar Gillivan NAME: Lar Gillivan DATE OF BIRTH: 4-4-77 HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 12st 4lbs CLUB: Moate All Whites COUNTY: Westmeath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 1 U16B, 1 U18B, 1 U21A and one senior championship; 2 Feis Cup medals; Moate Minor Player of the Year 1995; Senior Player of the Year 1998 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Eamon Breen (Kerry) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Parnell Park HOBBIES: Pitch and Putt, swimming and indoor soccer FAVOURITE POSITION: Centrefield MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Too many to mention - a lot of them took place in Silvers nite club though! FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Niall Buckley (Kildare), Trevor Giles (Meath) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: My parents, all coaches at underage level, and uncle in law Pat Doyle, Ferbane THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning SFC with Moate in 1997 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Not being picked on the minor county panel of 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Niall Mackey (Moate), Alan Claffey (Moate), Emmet Egan (Athlone) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Get rid of the pick up rule and improve standard of refereeing DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Poor system of allocating tickets for big games where loyal supporters lose out DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Father Larry and uncle Andy, former Westmeath seniors. Uncles John and Mick Young (Castledaly), also former Westmeath seniors. My grandfather Tom Young (President of Castledaly and a life long supporter of the GAA and Westmeath) PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Mary McAleese on the steps of the Hogan Stand in September FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Get them off ya!' PET HATES: Supporters who go to games to criticise players rather than try to encourage their team FAVOURITE MUSIC: Bee Gees and The Corrs (for their music of course) FAVOURITE FILM: Con Air WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Disappear IDEAL DATE: Cameron Diaz HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As a player who gave his best at all times Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 28th May 1999 Vol 9 No 22 Tweet

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